Black bottom cupcakes fall somewhere between chocolate cupcakes and cream cheese brownies, which is to say they are positively dreamy. These are cupcakes that eschew frosting. Instead, the tender-crumbed chocolate cake reveals a delicious chocolate chip-studded cream cheese filling when broken apart. They’re a moist, fudgy, and luxuriously rich treat. What are black bottom cupcakes made of? Black bottom cupcakes feature two components: chocolate cake and cream cheese filling. The fluffy chocolate cake is similar to Devil’s food cake and relies on cocoa powder for its chocolate flavor. The cream cheese filling is a simple mix of softened cream cheese, granulated sugar, egg, and vanilla extract. To gild the lily, mini chocolate chips are folded into the filling. Mini chocolate chips vs. regular chocolate chips Mini chocolate chips are the best choice for the cream cheese filling because they’re light enough to stay suspended in the filling; regular chocolate chips …